Institutional Assessment

Welcome to Valencia’s Institutional Assessment (VIA) Office:

Supporting Faculty and Staff Members Assessing What Matters Most

“Improvement—if it is to happen—will occur where faculty and staff have the most leverage
to change how they approach teaching and learning.” --Ewell, Paulson, and Kinzie, 2011

Valencia's Institutional Assessment (VIA) office is responsible for the support of
faculty and staff members who are defining, gathering, analyzing and learning from
data related to student learning outcomes. We document and report the college-wide
results of the assessment of program learning outcomes that is being led by deans,
directors, coordinators, and other staff and faculty members.

We are located in the District Office and are available to meet throughout the week
on each campus by appointment. We work in partnership with the Office of Faculty Development
and the Office of Institutional Research. Program assessment at Valencia is part of
a cyclical process that includes culminating events that are coordinated by the office
– such as Assessment Day. We collaborate with faculty and staff as we:

Assist with the development of surveys and the analysis and report of results

Provide support for those who want to use the Qualtrics survey tool

Collaborate on assessment projects that use qualitative methods

Develop and coordinate focus groups for program assessment

Participate in program-wide planning sessions and retreats to assure the reliable
use of research methods as well as to support the integration of assessment strategies
into the long-term vision.

We also are responsible for several activities as we:

Administer national surveys - sharing data and related reports

Oversee the administration of the Student Feedback on Instruction (SFI)

Coordinate the State Assessment Meeting conference

Oversee the Institutional Review Board (IRB)

We are available for conversation regarding projects and proposals in their planning
stages or in progress, we are also involved with a range of on-going projects at Valencia
College such as the Carnegie Statway project (focused on student learning in the areas
of statistics, data analysis and quantitative reasoning) while contributing to discussions
held within other nationally-funded projects such as Achieving the Dream (AtD.)